Home Server?

sevi · 13 Apr 2009 at 23:59

Okay - excuse the ignorance of this post guys but I'm a total newbee when it comes to this...

I've got an old shuttle pc which I want to turn into NAS. At first I thought the easiest way would simply be to "share" the files I want on my home network. But it would also be cool to be able to remotely access the files on this NAS from anywhere (if possible). Would this be done through FTP?

What would be the best way to do this? I've heard of FreeNAS and looked into it vaguely...is this what I need?

Is there some sort of a tutorial to turn home pc's into servers or something? Or can someone post some sort of a guide?

Thanks so much in advance guys!!

matthewhotdude · 14 Apr 2009 at 00:37

I would go with Windows home server http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx

iaind · 14 Apr 2009 at 09:52

Freenas will do what you need, WHS will do a bit more and be a bit easier but will cost you

Skidilliplop · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:29

2nd for FreeNAS. It'll also di any RAID etc you may want without expensive adaptors. It's completely web managed so it's really quite easy to set up and manage remotely. It supports SMB for standard shares aswell as FTP and HTTP for getting at files remotely. It's very powerful if not as straight forward and wizard based as WHS. But I've never used it before and an hour or so of fiddling and i had FTP working and was getting to know how it worked.

c_owl · 27 Apr 2009 at 10:23

server 2008

c_owl · 27 Apr 2009 at 10:24

iaind · 27 Apr 2009 at 11:14

The irony of someone reccomending a several thousand pound OS for home use, who doesnt even know how to post pictures... interesting.

Skidilliplop · 27 Apr 2009 at 11:16

iaind said:

^ what he said.

2008 for a home server.... not even I have that. I'm the guy with a full on 5 router cisco lab for the hell of it just to play with.

iaind · 27 Apr 2009 at 11:37

Its not even a server the OP was after, just a storage device really

atomiser · 27 Apr 2009 at 13:17

Take a look at Amahi for something that's still 'free' but does a bit more than just a NAS...

Edit: Apologies, it looks like some of it is free, but some features may require a subscription... Still looks quite handy though, could be worth a shot?

Home Server?

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